Today’s oddity comes from a 1938 edition of “Popular Mechanics”. This unique idea involved converting a fifty-five foot commercial truck trailer in to a traveling theatre, as a way to bring movies to rural communities.
The “World’s First Traveling Theatre” sat sixty people, had a fully functional projection booth, and even featured a small stage for “vaudeville or lectures”. Leaving nothing to chance, there was an on-board generator available for areas lacking accessible power supplies.
While the concept never caught on as a true movie going option, similar mobile theatres still pop up from time to time; usually serving to promote a new technology, service, or product.
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